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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Mor Vaul
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Tiree Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Village: Vaul
Map Ref: NM04234927
Latitude: 56.542013N Longitude: 6.813568W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

3 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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SolarMegalith visited on 5th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

markj99 visited on 28th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 I visited Dun Mor (Vaul) on the way to Tiree Ringing Stone. Both sites are unmissable!

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 5 Access: 3

**Dun Mor Vaul** submitted by Creative Commons : Entrance to Dun Mor Vaul broch. Copyright Sue Jackson (http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/259), re-used on Creative Commons licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch in Isle of Tiree

Ruins of an Iron Age broch located on a rocky knoll near the northern coast of Isle of Tiree. Internal diameter of the broch is 9.2 m, the walls reach up to 4.5 m of thickness. The outer wallface survived up to 2.2 m high. The site has been excavated in 1903 and 1962-64.

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